Mixogaster

There are 21 myrmecophilous species in this genus. Mixogaster is distinct by lacking an appendix on vein R4+5, having a reduced and bare metasternum, an unarmed scutellum, and usually an appendix on vein M extending in cell R4+5. Larvae are found in ant nests.

List of Mixogaster and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Mixogaster anthermus	(Walker, 1849)	ants	Neotropical: Paraguay
Mixogaster breviventris	Kahl, 1897	ants	Nearctic
Mixogaster cicatrix	Hull, 1954	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster conopsoides	Macquart, 1842	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster cubensis	Curran, 1932	ants	Cuba
Mixogaster currani	Hull, 1954	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster delongi	Johnston, 1924	ants	Nearctic
Mixogaster dimidiata	Giglio-Tos, 1892	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster flukei	Hull, 1954	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster imitator	Thompson, 2004	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster johnsoni	Hull, 1941	ants	Nearctic
Mixogaster lanei	Carrera & Lenko, 1958	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster lopesi	Carrera & Lenko, 1958	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster mexicana	Macquart, 1846	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster orpheus	Hull, 1944	ants	Neotropical: British Guiana
Mixogaster pithecofascia	Hull, 1944	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster polistes	Hull, 1954	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster rarior	Shannon, 1925	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster sartocrypta	Hull, 1954	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster strictor	Hull, 1941	ants	Neotropical
Mixogaster thecla	Hull, 1954	ants	Neotropical

REFERENCES

• Hull, F.M. 1944. "Studies on Syrphid Flies in the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy", Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, vol. 51, Article ID 061923, 24

• Reemer, M. & G. Stahls 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 38 (4): 661-688.

• Reemer, M, Stahs, G. 2013. Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 288:1-213.